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Originally Posted by SeanO
Is this a special application I need then?
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There are ebook aps for many phones. The traditional favorites are
MobiPocket and
eReader. However, ebooks have got more complicated recently. Amazon owns MobiPocket and seems to be killing it off in favor of the Kindle brand. Barnes and Noble owns FictionWise (which owned eReader), and is upgrading eReader but the
B&N branded Reader only supports BlackBerry and iPhone (not the older phones). I expect B&N to release Android and (perhaps) Palm Pre reading apps, but they have not done so yet. Amazon Kindle supports the iPhone.
For Android there are a couple of good ePub readers, FBReaderJ and
Aldiko. Both are for DRM-free (non-encrypted) ebooks. Many ebooks you buy at ebook stores have DRM. However, Adobe ePub, MOBI, and eReader DRM can all be circumvented. In the US, circumvention for personal use only is probably legal (never been tested in court though). Finally, for iPhone Stanza is popular and can read DRM-free ePubs but also DRMed eReader ebooks.